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CLITORIA virginiana. 
Virginian Clitoria. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosæ. Tribus Lotes Decandolle. 
CLITORIA L.—Calyz basi bracteis 2 majusculis instructus, 5-fidus. 
Corolle vexillum amplum. Stamina diadelpha, cum petalis non imo calyci 
sed suprà basin inserta. Stylus apice subdilatatus. Legumen lineare com- 
pressum rectum bivalve styli basi acuminatum, 1-loculare, polyspermum. 
Semina isthmis cellulosis seepé intercepta. Herbe scandentes. Folia 
pinnata cum impari sepiús 1-juga, rariüs 2-3-juga, foliolis sepiüs stipellatis. 
Flores axillares, pedicellati, ampli, albi, cerulei aut purpurei, sepe resupinati. 
Decand. prodr. 2. 233. 
Sect. III. Centrosema. D.C. 
Calyx campanulatus ultrà medium 5-fidus. Vexillum postice calcaratum.— 
Bracteole longitudinaliter striate. Folia 1-juga, cum impare. 
C. virginiana; caule scandente foliisque glabris aut subpuberulis, pedunculis 
1-4-floris, bracteolis lanceolatis circiter calycis longitudine, leguminibus 
linearibus compressis. Decandolle l. c. , 
C. major scandens, foliis geminatis, Browne jam. 298. 
C. virginiana. Linn. sp. pl. 1026. Swartz. obs. 972. Willd. sp. pl. 
3. 1069. ; 
Caulis volubilis, glaber, striatus. Folia unijuga, cum impare, ovato-oblonga, 
membranacea, glabriuscula, subrugosa, petiolo pubescente. Pedunculi axil- 
lares, bi-tri-flori, petiolorum longitudine. Calyx 5-fidus, laciniis subulatis 
pubescentibus. Bractea ovato-lanceolata, calycis longitudine, Corolla magna, 
resupinata, lilacina, vexillo emarginato, dorso calcarato. Legumen longum, 
lineare, glabrum, marginatum, polyspermum. Semina cylindracea, truncata, 
olivacea, fusco atroque nebulosa. 
A native, according to Pursh, of hedges in Virginia and 
Carolina; according to Decandolle, of Jamaica and Saint 
Domingo also. The plants from which this drawing was 
made, were raised from seeds received from Rio Janeiro, 
and communicated to Henry Bellenden Ker, Esq., by 
Mrs. Arnold Harrison. Our drawing was made in Mr. 
Ker's garden, in August 1826. 
